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Ideal Whitehead Graphs in Out(F_r) III: Achieved Graphs in Rank 3

Group Theory 2014-09-09 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

By proving precisely which singularity index lists arise from the pair of invariant foliations for a pseudo-Anosov surface homeomorphism, Masur and Smillie determined a Teichm\"uller flow invariant stratification of the space of quadratic differentials. In this final paper of a three-paper series, we give a first step to an Out(Fr)Out(F_r) analog of the Masur-Smillie theorem. Since the ideal Whitehead graphs defined by Handel and Mosher give a strictly finer invariant in the analogous Out(Fr)Out(F_r) setting, we determine which of the twenty-one connected, simplicial, five-vertex graphs are ideal Whitehead graphs of fully irreducible outer automorphisms in Out(F3)Out(F_3).

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@article{arxiv.1301.7080,
  title  = {Ideal Whitehead Graphs in Out(F_r) III: Achieved Graphs in Rank 3},
  author = {Catherine Pfaff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7080},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Rewritten to improve readability. Typos fixed